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单词 Rhenish
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Definition of Rhenish in English:

Rhenish

adjective ˈrɛnɪʃˈrɛnɪʃ
  • Of the Rhine and the regions adjoining it.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moreover, although the Rhenish princes had hurried to comply with Louis XVI's ultimatum, by the time they did so their suzerain in Vienna had decided to intervene on their behalf.
    • Hence, Viking graves often contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks, Frankish weapons, Rhenish glass, and other products of an extensive trade.
    • Often in a palette of blue, red, black and white, these kaleidoscopic paintings have been related to the intricate stained-glass windows of Rhenish cathedrals.
    • Catholic liberals, meanwhile, such as the Rhenish bourgeois, found themselves expected to choose between their liberalism and their Catholicism.
    • The significance of the Rhenish branch's views on the Reichstag faction's policies is not consistently drawn out.
noun ˈrɛnɪʃˈrɛnɪʃ
mass noun
  • Wine from the Rhine region.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At meals she may be indulged with half a pint of old, clear London porter, or a glass of Rhenish wine.
    • Marcellus mistakes the trumpet blare that ‘brays out’ Claudius' draining of his draught of Rhenish for the striking of midnight.
    • He is said to have died of a surfeit of Rhenish wine and pickled herrings, though it may more likely have been plague, of which there was a severe outbreak in 1592.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French reneis, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin Rhenanus, from Rhenus 'Rhine'.

Rhymes

replenish
 
 

Definition of Rhenish in US English:

Rhenish

adjectiveˈrɛnɪʃˈreniSH
  • Of the Rhine and the regions adjoining it.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Catholic liberals, meanwhile, such as the Rhenish bourgeois, found themselves expected to choose between their liberalism and their Catholicism.
    • Hence, Viking graves often contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks, Frankish weapons, Rhenish glass, and other products of an extensive trade.
    • Moreover, although the Rhenish princes had hurried to comply with Louis XVI's ultimatum, by the time they did so their suzerain in Vienna had decided to intervene on their behalf.
    • The significance of the Rhenish branch's views on the Reichstag faction's policies is not consistently drawn out.
    • Often in a palette of blue, red, black and white, these kaleidoscopic paintings have been related to the intricate stained-glass windows of Rhenish cathedrals.
nounˈrɛnɪʃˈreniSH
  • Wine from Rhine and the regions adjoining it.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Marcellus mistakes the trumpet blare that ‘brays out’ Claudius' draining of his draught of Rhenish for the striking of midnight.
    • He is said to have died of a surfeit of Rhenish wine and pickled herrings, though it may more likely have been plague, of which there was a severe outbreak in 1592.
    • At meals she may be indulged with half a pint of old, clear London porter, or a glass of Rhenish wine.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French reneis, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin Rhenanus, from Rhenus ‘Rhine’.

 
 
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